This is the Minnesota birding report for Thursday January 1st sponsored by
the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

That male BARROW'SGOLDENEYE is still at the Blue Lake treatment plant in
Scott County, and it was reported as recently as January 1st. Other ducks
seen there include CANVASBACK,AMERICANWIGEON and LESSERSCAUP .

Two ROUGH-LEGGEDHAWKS and a NORTHERNGOSHAWK were seen just south of the
town of Giess in southern Aitkin County on December 27th. And a
ROUGH-LEGGEDHAWK was in Carlton County on the 28th. A RED-SHOULDEREDHAWK
was reported by Bob Janssen from Big Willow Park in Minnetonka, Hennepin
County on the

A few THAYER'S and GLAUCOUSGULLS can still be found at Black Dog Lake in
Dakota County, along with an ICELANDGULL which was seen there by several
observers. Tony Hertzel reports that a first winter ICELANDGULL, an adult
GLAUCOUSGULL and a few THAYER'SGULLS were in with a large group of
HERRINGGULLS along the north shore of Lake Superior on January 1st.

A SNOWYOWL was in the Duluth harbor on the 1st. A GREATGRAYOWL and a
NORTHERNHAWKOWL were both reported by Ken LaFond from Koochiching County
on Jan 1st. The Hawk Owl was in the southeastern part of the county along
highway 65 at mile marker 228. The Great Gray was seen on highway 71
between mile markers 379 and 380.

I have several reports of BELTEDKINGFISHER. They have been seen recently
in Stearns, Hennepin and Dakota counties.

An EASTERNBLUEBIRD was at Meyer-Big Island State Park along the Esker
Hiking Trail on the 1st, a HERMITTHRUSH is lingering near the southwest
corner of Normandale Lake in Minneapolis. AMERICANROBINS were at Rambling
River Park in Dakota County near the town of Farmington on the 27th, they
were seen in the Roseville area on the 28th, and they were in Big Willow
Park in Minnetonka 29th. A TOWNSEND'SSOLITAIRE is visiting the yard of
Joan Wallen in Sherberne County near the town of Monticello.

PINEGROSBEAKS have been reported recently from the counties of Hubbard,
Aitkin, Itasca, Pine, St. Louis and Lake. WHITE-WINGEDCROSSBILLS were
seen in Bloomington, Hennepin County near 110th street and Russell Ave on
the 27th. WHITE-WINGEDCROSSBILLS have also been seen in Aitkin and St.
Louis counties.

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